Odinga hails historic day for Kenya and Africa as court annuls election

Kenya’s opposition chief, Raila Odinga, has described a court decision to annul the country’s August 8 presidential elections as historic.

In an address outside the court premises after the ruling was delivered, Odinga said the annulment was a “very historic day for the people of Kenya and by extension the people of the continent of Africa”.

The Supreme Court overturned the results of last month’s presidential election with a decision of 4 – 2. The court held that there were irregularities that tainted the final results.

It is the first time in Africa, that a court has overturned results of an election. A similar appeal after the last election was wholly rejected by the Supreme Court.